Brighton Community Stadium
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association football stadium in Brighton & Hove
Key facts
- Full name
- American Express Stadium
- Address
- Village Way
- Location
- Brighton and Hove , England , BN1 9BL
- Owner
- The Community Stadium Limited
- Operator
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Capacity
- 31,876
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 31,872 vs Luton (Premier League – 12 August 2023)
- Field size
- 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)
- Public transit
- Falmer , 3X, 23, 25 and 28/29 bus routes
- Groundbreaking
- 17 December 2008 ; 17 years ago ( 2008-12-17 )
- Built
- 2008–2011
- Opened
- 16 July 2011 ; 14 years ago ( 2011-07-16 )
- Construction cost
- £93 million
- Architect
- KSS Design Group
- General contractor
- Buckingham Group
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Named after
- Falmer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Owned by
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- Operator
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- Location
- Falmer
- Sport
- rugby union
- Official website
- www.amexstadium.co.uk
- Image
- Falmer Stadium - night.jpg
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- Commons category
- Falmer Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 31800
- occupant
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- native label
- Brighton Community Stadium
- date of official opening
- 2011-07-00
- street address
- Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL
- inception
- 2008-00-00
- historic county
- Sussex
- surface played on
- lawn
- associated electoral district
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
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Encyclopedic overview
Falmer Stadium, currently known as the American Express Stadium for sponsorship reasons and more commonly referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. With a capacity of 31,876, it is the second-largest stadium in South East England, and the 30th-largest stadium in the United Kingdom.
It serves as the home of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, and was handed over from the developers to the club on 31 May 2011. The first competitive game played at the stadium was the 2010–11 season final of the Sussex Senior Cup between Brighton and Eastbourne Borough on 16 July 2011. The first league game was against Doncaster Rovers, who were also the opponents in the last game played at Brighton's former stadium, the Goldstone Ground, 14 years earlier.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brighton Community Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.